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Oliver Twist

Charles Dickens

Bildungsroman Victorian Literature Social Commentary

Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time-Oliver Twist, Volume 1 by Charles Dickens.Oliver Twist is the second novel by English author Charles Dickens. It was originally published as a delivery novel. It is the first novel in the English language that has a child as the protagonist. Oliver Twist is one of the first social novels in the history of literature. He draws his readers' attention to various social ills of the time, such as child labor or the use of children to commit crimes. Dickens scoffs at the hypocrisy of his day by treating these serious subjects with sarcasm and dark humor. It has been adapted on numerous occasions for film, television and musical theater. It has been translated into numerous languages. Charles Dickens - Charles John Huffam Dickens FRSA (February 7, 1812 - June 9, 1870) was an English writer and social critic.He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is considered by many to be the best novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, and by the 20th century, critics and scholars recognized him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories are still widely read today. Born in Portsmouth, Dickens dropped out of school to work in a factory when his father was incarcerated in a debtor's prison.